- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 16:56:37 -0600
On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Elizabeth Castro <lcastro at cookwood.com> wrote: > I've noticed a couple of instances in which the spec gives the content model > for a given element, like for example, the hgroup element contains one or > more of h1, h2, etc., and then specifies what should happen even if the > element doesn't contain what it's supposed to, as here where we learn what > an hgroup's rank should be if it is empty: > > The rank of an hgroup element is the rank of the highest-ranked h1?h6 > element descendant of the hgroup element, if there are any such elements, or > otherwise the same as for an h1 element (the highest rank). > > It seems like it's implying that it's OK for the hgroup to not follow its > own content model. > Or is it just saying what should happen if it is erroneously empty? > thanks, > Liz The latter. That's describing the implementation detail - it says elsewhere what is actually required for the content model. ~TJ
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